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From: ron minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on the desktop?
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 08:28:35 -0600
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On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:

> Can Plan 9 be used successfully on a personal desktop, as a
> replacement for, say, Windows or Linux?

long as you don't need anything like zyxOffice, or any x tools, or 
whatever. 

> Or are its design goals and implementation incompatible with that sort
> of use?

The big limitation is you can't participate in virus propagation. That's a 
real limiter.

ron